UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- They were quacking like ducks and barking like dogs on Friday night at Taylor Swift's sold out concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in response to a video screen flashing text messages from a crowd of predominantly female concert-goers waiting for their idol to take the stage.

They texted everything from simply "I love Taylor Swift" to the lighthearted "Quack like a duck if you like Taylor Swift" to "Scream if you like Taylor Swift."

And scream they did from start to finish during a nearly four-hour long concert that began just before 7:30 p.m. with opening acts Gloriana followed by Swift's BFF (best friend forever) and "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler.

When the lights finally dimmed again at 9 p.m. for the equally one-part country, one-part pop singer's turn on stage, a pre-show video featured a bevy of Swift's heavy-hitting friends defining "fearless," which just happens to be the title of her latest album which debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

At the end of the video, country's new young darling adds her own definition saying fearless is "going on stage and giving it your all every night." And on her first headlining tour, the leggy 19-year-old songwriter did just that strumming her koa wood acoustic guitar and running through most of the songs found on "Fearless" and her self-titled debut album.

She wasted no time kicking the concert into high gear beginning the show with the teen anthem, "You Belong With Me," decked out along with her musicians in high school band uniforms and a cast of backup dancers dressed as cheerleaders who then ripped off Swift's outfit revealing a pretty little frilly and shiny metallic dress.

There's no question that the talented young musician with an extremely likeable persona, both on- and off-stage, loves her audiences and, oh boy, do they love her back. At one point in the concert Swift disappears, only to reappear at the back of the arena where she eventually makes her way to a small round stage on the floor to perform "Fifteen" and "Tim McGraw." As she walked down the center aisle back to the main stage, she stopped to hug fans along the entire route, finally climbing back on stage to complete "Tim McGraw" to a resounding several minutes of applause, foot stomping, and chants of "Taylor, Taylor, Taylor" from fans to which she mouthed "I love you so much."

For her finale, Swift, no less for wear, kept things in high gear with "Should've Said No," the final hit off her debut album, singing the final verse under a cascading waterfall. And by the time the water began to fall - which had the words "no" and "why" amazingly cut out of the streaming water thanks to the magic of technology - she probably needed a little cooling off.

But Ms. Swift, please tell your BFF Kellie Pickler - whose performance on Friday night demonstrated her voice is stronger than ever - to dress up a little more. Except for the sparkly high stilettos, her jeans and Jimi Hendrix t-shirt just didn't cut it.